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defense. we have codified it in policy over the years and certainly things have advanced since 9/11 and hurricane katrina, but there has been a real gap in detailed preplanning for emergency response, particularly as it works its way down the chain into the tactical forces that would respond, most specifically i think those on active duty. this is an area that we don't tend to pay a lot of attention to and very often when it comes we tray to look the other way. i believe that we have been reasonably responsive in immediate response, immediate response by doctrine and policy are military dod authorities moving out their gates into their neighborhoods when a disaster hits right next door. i mean, that seems to make sense. we have good relationships at our bases and stations and the ability to roll out and assist is something you would expect to work out pretty well. some of that has matured, in fact. in the state of california we have established a number of agreements, most particularly the wil
defense. we have codified it in policy over the years and certainly things have advanced since 9/11 and hurricane katrina, but there has been a real gap in detailed preplanning for emergency response, particularly as it works its way down the chain into the tactical forces that would respond, most specifically i think those on active duty. this is an area that we don't tend to pay a lot of attention to and very often when it comes we tray to look the other way. i believe that we have been...
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and the french could use certain vessels for coastal defense and things like that. but to the french, that was, okay, we've kept our agreement in a way with the british, we've pledged they would never get the french ships. this agreement says they will always be neutral, in other words, the germans can't have them, the british can't have them, they'll be in mothballs. well, the british looked at this, and they said neutral under the supervision of the germans and the italians. we don't trust that. not for a minute. if we've learned anything about hitler in the last five years, it's that he's a liar. he doesn't keep his promises. he says one thing and does another. and what if things get desperate? he'll just send in crews to seize the ships and then use them against us. so the british came up with an idea to seize as many french ships as they possibly could in a very secret operation. and this was within days of the french-german agreement of june 22nd, i think it was. and the idea was that, um, where the french ships might have been in british ports because some of
and the french could use certain vessels for coastal defense and things like that. but to the french, that was, okay, we've kept our agreement in a way with the british, we've pledged they would never get the french ships. this agreement says they will always be neutral, in other words, the germans can't have them, the british can't have them, they'll be in mothballs. well, the british looked at this, and they said neutral under the supervision of the germans and the italians. we don't trust...
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defense intelligence agency has said that information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century, and those of you who are familiar with war fighting methods in iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become, and i'll talk more about that as i go along, but i want to read you about a passage about a raid in iraq called the sinjar raid where special operatives seized the computer equivalent of the roladex. it tracked 500 al-qaeda suicide bombers or terrorists who had filtered into iraq through syria, and the possession of this data base of 5 # 00 individuals who were recruitedded to blow themselves up or arrange for terrorist attacks was critical in the effort to take al-qaeda apart inside of iraq, and i'll read you what i wrote here in the prologue. the motherload of documents seized in what has become known as the sinjar raid illustrated the point nicely. the point made by lieutenant general flynn. in the six years after the 9/11 attacks, the u.s. military and intelligence communities representing a wide variety of agencies, large and small, those notorious
defense intelligence agency has said that information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century, and those of you who are familiar with war fighting methods in iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become, and i'll talk more about that as i go along, but i want to read you about a passage about a raid in iraq called the sinjar raid where special operatives seized the computer equivalent of the roladex. it tracked 500 al-qaeda suicide bombers or terrorists who had...
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to always plan for the worst case, the maximum of the maximums and it's go to see the department of defense is incorporating this within the catastrophe policy that was spoken about a little earlier. no. 2, he asked us to sppbld and are able to stabilize an incident within 72 hours. his mantra is think big, go big, go fast but not fast. 3, he asks us to do this within a whole community approach, not only it make sure we utilize the whole community in the response because there's much more responders past the federal-state responders. there's the public being responders and there's many others, private industry need to be in that so we try to integrate that into a whole community concept. and also to make sure when we respond we respond to take into account the whole community. not everybody looks like me and you but we need to be able to take into account and service our elderly, infants and others that may need special assistance. with that, the purpose of this working lunch is to present vied a forum to discuss lessons learned and corrective actions taken over the past decade with years o
to always plan for the worst case, the maximum of the maximums and it's go to see the department of defense is incorporating this within the catastrophe policy that was spoken about a little earlier. no. 2, he asked us to sppbld and are able to stabilize an incident within 72 hours. his mantra is think big, go big, go fast but not fast. 3, he asks us to do this within a whole community approach, not only it make sure we utilize the whole community in the response because there's much more...
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support the fire fighting effort and one somewhat simple but very effective solution was the use of defense connect on line, the dco chat room. basically cal fire personnel, along with all the individual squadrons, all connected realtime able to communicate and coordinate both from the squadron and also on scene. >> well, thank you. let's go ahead and move into relationships. we had a significant discussion yesterday about relationships and again the highlighted and supervisor chiu's comments this morning. how do we ensure they are enduring past the past couple years. >> as general speese said yesterday, we are here for the long time. on the installation side which we coordinate with cal fire and the navy we have annual exercise and we hit that every springtime prior to the fire season. i think what's also, it's important to remember that although it was stressed, the military members are members of the community as well so let's not forget that as far as active duty. although we're transient in nature, sometimes we're in deployment, many of us are home owners and we live in that community.
support the fire fighting effort and one somewhat simple but very effective solution was the use of defense connect on line, the dco chat room. basically cal fire personnel, along with all the individual squadrons, all connected realtime able to communicate and coordinate both from the squadron and also on scene. >> well, thank you. let's go ahead and move into relationships. we had a significant discussion yesterday about relationships and again the highlighted and supervisor chiu's...
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repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate national parks that i happen to be the superintendent of has now become after 40 years the second most visited national park in our country. we get 14 million people a year that come to our parks. it has spectacular coastline, includes muir wood, alcatraz, we get to tell the stories, stories about essentially what you and your predecessors did this this area. our headquarters, fort mason, was the fisherman's wharf area was the port of embarkation for the wars in the pacific. just this week we brought in a world war ii 16-inch bottle ship gun to the marine head lands to put it up at battery townsly which would have been the pinnacle of coastal artillery in world war ii. so, we now have a canon or artillery collection that spans in our park th
repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate national parks that i happen to be the superintendent of has now become after 40 years the second most visited national park in our country. we get 14 million people a year that...
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and we work very, very closely with defense coordinating officer as we continue to build and work our relationships with north com and the ability to integrate title 10 forces both acting in the reserve into the sole support flight. we have a strong working relationship with the coast guard and we're excited with the team to develop our relationship with the third fleet and marine corps as we mature this tactical man construct. >> thank you. we know that with humanitarian assistance and disaster response that what we learn domestically can be exported internationally and what we learn internationally we hope would be imported to our domestic programs. this morning as we listened to the medical panel and to vice admiral nathan's comments, we heard about some of the skills and expertise in the medical arena that have been learned internationally and are being brought to bear through the exchange both yesterday and today to the local scene. wondering if the panel has other examples that they could cite on where the benefits have been learned that have been taken, specific skills that hav
and we work very, very closely with defense coordinating officer as we continue to build and work our relationships with north com and the ability to integrate title 10 forces both acting in the reserve into the sole support flight. we have a strong working relationship with the coast guard and we're excited with the team to develop our relationship with the third fleet and marine corps as we mature this tactical man construct. >> thank you. we know that with humanitarian assistance and...
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it takes a whole mix of people whether it's the department of defense and even fema having roles to play in that. bob fenton, the assistant chief of fema, used to be the division chief in division 9. he is no stranger to this area, born and raised here, this is his home and so he does have a care and an interest in this community and beyond. and so with that it is hard to fill being his replacement at the regional level because not only to fill his shoes all the great work he did in this region, but also because when you see the size difference, it's a little hard to fit in there. but this this i want to introduce bob fenton, the response head for fema coming in from dc to help support this and moderate the panel. thank you. (applause). >> well, appreciate it. appreciate the opportunity to be back with friends and back in san francisco. and i appreciate the opportunity to be your lunch speaker. as i always say, lunch is one of may five most important meals of the day so thank you for that. let me introduce my panelists. here to my left, we have a great group here to talk about stories fr
it takes a whole mix of people whether it's the department of defense and even fema having roles to play in that. bob fenton, the assistant chief of fema, used to be the division chief in division 9. he is no stranger to this area, born and raised here, this is his home and so he does have a care and an interest in this community and beyond. and so with that it is hard to fill being his replacement at the regional level because not only to fill his shoes all the great work he did in this...
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we talk to them about hardening their structures in a defensive measure against wild land fires. a lot of it is public education, survivability, building standards, but predominately our focus is putting the onus on the land owner, putting the onus on the private property owner, we will attempt to protect your home but the days of staying and defending your home and killing our fire fighters are done. we will not stand and defend a house that has not been prepared by a land owner and die for it. we don't do that any more. that's one of our doctrinal changes and we set forth some new guidelines with that. >> thank you. >> question, mr. secretary. >> in a large scale disaster relief, where the military is called in to assist the civilian components there is an obvious issue of how you get the command and control and in particular what telecommunications is used to support that command and control. your exercising together is very critical, i think, to working out command and control but you still have an equipment problem because the equipment, telecommunication equipment designed
we talk to them about hardening their structures in a defensive measure against wild land fires. a lot of it is public education, survivability, building standards, but predominately our focus is putting the onus on the land owner, putting the onus on the private property owner, we will attempt to protect your home but the days of staying and defending your home and killing our fire fighters are done. we will not stand and defend a house that has not been prepared by a land owner and die for...
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it was something the department of defense supported. i would put that, despite its importance, i put that behind us, taking steps to get our economic house in order. it's fundamental to our long term security. it's fundamental to our global leadership role. it is the foundation of our long term power and influence as a nation. with respect to human rights, one of the principles falling directly on your comments, one of the principles we have to understand and to follow is that human rights do matter. >> i won't take up two issues very promptly. first thing is the energy. east china sea, when made a visit, we made an agreement to exploit jointly the oil wells in southeast china sea, and we wanted to start the consolidation basedded on the agreement, but the china kept refusing to hold the meetings so even though there's agreement between the two areas of the countries, no development. we are very much disappointed with the current situation. an issue, claiming it's their island. define dimension from the energy issue. human rights. we al
it was something the department of defense supported. i would put that, despite its importance, i put that behind us, taking steps to get our economic house in order. it's fundamental to our long term security. it's fundamental to our global leadership role. it is the foundation of our long term power and influence as a nation. with respect to human rights, one of the principles falling directly on your comments, one of the principles we have to understand and to follow is that human rights do...
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so we need to ensure our homeland missile defense system is as robust as possible and a missile defense site on the east coast may be one of the best means for accomplishing this. in other words, of course, we're concerned about north korea or iran, but there are a couple of other countries in the world that may not wish us any harm but who have extraordinarily capable systems. i speak specifically of china and russia. and we have always wanted and the law requires us to provide protection against the kind of unauthorized or accidental launch that can occur. this is not an idle concern. we spent enormous amounts of time and energy and money trying to ensure these extraordinarily lethal weapons are never launched by accident or by some unauthorized event. and that's one of the reasons for a missile defense system, to ensure that that kind of accident never would result in harm to the united states, and, of course, what they're also worried about is that if that ever happens then there's the question of retaliation, how do you know this is not intentional? how do you know we shouldn't ret
so we need to ensure our homeland missile defense system is as robust as possible and a missile defense site on the east coast may be one of the best means for accomplishing this. in other words, of course, we're concerned about north korea or iran, but there are a couple of other countries in the world that may not wish us any harm but who have extraordinarily capable systems. i speak specifically of china and russia. and we have always wanted and the law requires us to provide protection...
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(applause) >> and for all of you, tomorrow we're going to have the former secretary defense william perry speak. and the final speaker tomorrow will be the commander of north com, it will be the first time the northern command... >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to day two of the senior leader seminar for san francisco fleet week 2012. we had a great day yesterday and we're going to have an even greater day today. we've got a number of people that i would like to bring up to welcome you all. while this senior leader seminar is going on, there's a number of other activities that are going on at the same time. and a very important activity is some training that's taking place on treasure island. it's training by the san francisco fire department and it's become a huge hit with the marines and the sailors that are able to get this training. with that, i'd like to have our police chief -- fire chief from san francisco, chief hayes white, come forth and talk to you about some of these events and the fire department's role. thank you. >> thank you, thank you very much. thank you, general. good
(applause) >> and for all of you, tomorrow we're going to have the former secretary defense william perry speak. and the final speaker tomorrow will be the commander of north com, it will be the first time the northern command... >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to day two of the senior leader seminar for san francisco fleet week 2012. we had a great day yesterday and we're going to have an even greater day today. we've got a number of people that i would like to bring up to welcome...
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vital interest and they will be prepared to use military force in defense of those interest. i paraphrase. but we did not have robust military to provide the opportunity. but it was the step the united states took to assume security responsibilities in the gulf. the next that the west took to assume those same duties came into the iran and iraq war beginning in 1980 continuing through the '80s. and through the reagan administration, drawing upon this standard that president carter had before word projected military force in the gulf of in the refi gained of the kuwaiti tankers, putting the u.s. flag on them and using combatants to escort the ships through the gulf putting the u.s. military and harm's way. and finally, 1990 and 91 the united states engaged in desert shield and desert storm after this a dumb and asian of kuwait. after 1991 the united states never left and it has been maintaining order keep being the coal from devolving and insuring free-trade in and out through the gulf with the same missions the british had been doing in the 1800's and 1900's also appeared of
vital interest and they will be prepared to use military force in defense of those interest. i paraphrase. but we did not have robust military to provide the opportunity. but it was the step the united states took to assume security responsibilities in the gulf. the next that the west took to assume those same duties came into the iran and iraq war beginning in 1980 continuing through the '80s. and through the reagan administration, drawing upon this standard that president carter had before...
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the under secretary of defense for policy, jim miller. we have the editorial director of india today and a real star of last year's program. i expect some similar feistiness. and finally we have vice admiral paul masson, commander of the royal canadian navy. thank you for 20 s. -- paul masson. when i was thinking about our panel, i went online to find a chinese event looking at the u.s. grand strategy, there are no canadians, a japanese or americans on china's panel. we don't have any chinese with us today but we should have a lot of fun discussion not only in national strategies but evolving in the asia-pacific region with china but i wanted to acknowledge that voice was not with us today. that might give us more room to run. because we don't have a chinese voice, some years ago i went to china and visited with the ministry of foreign affairs and met the equivalent of their policy planning director. finally i could ask china with its grand strategy is. this was about 2004. i said what is their grand strategy? they said and how to keep yo
the under secretary of defense for policy, jim miller. we have the editorial director of india today and a real star of last year's program. i expect some similar feistiness. and finally we have vice admiral paul masson, commander of the royal canadian navy. thank you for 20 s. -- paul masson. when i was thinking about our panel, i went online to find a chinese event looking at the u.s. grand strategy, there are no canadians, a japanese or americans on china's panel. we don't have any chinese...
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>> well, i've seen as i'm sure the committee has what the defense secretary has said. the transition is going to plan. there will be opportunities next year, i think, to make further withdrawals. we've already announced, the government has already announced that some 500 will be withdrawn by the end of this year. next year there will almost certainly be scope to take further decisions which the government hasn't yet taken, and i think you probably need to ask the defense secretary, you know, when he envisages that might be possible. >> because we are talking a timeline of slightly more than o two years, so i think things can change, i recognize that. >> but i think the prime minister has said what we're looking for is a slight pass towards the end of 2013, not a cliff edge. but the government will take those decisions when it's ready, and it -- >> well, events will clearly dictate rather than political decisions. i wouldn't ask you to comment on political decisions. [inaudible] >> but taken reassure and give you confidence that the figures announced by the prime minist
>> well, i've seen as i'm sure the committee has what the defense secretary has said. the transition is going to plan. there will be opportunities next year, i think, to make further withdrawals. we've already announced, the government has already announced that some 500 will be withdrawn by the end of this year. next year there will almost certainly be scope to take further decisions which the government hasn't yet taken, and i think you probably need to ask the defense secretary, you...
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i think we're going to be seeing guidance coming from the secretary of the defense in the next couple of years that will elevate this in terms of our responsibilities and mission sets. so, we're in the process of laying the groundwork for that right now at camp pendleton. >> ann? >> just to build on what general spiese said, fleet week, this used to be or started as a one-week event, is now really -- goes year round. and, so, the relationships we're building, it's not just for this week. you know, we're building trust. we're building -- we're building that kind of knowledge of each other's capabilities, of our competencies that we will continue to exercise throughout the yearses. so, i think that's a very important point to make, that fleet week is not just one week, but these relationships are ongoing. >> and tomorrow we'll have some specific training of the military training civil authorities and civil authorities training military with specific skills that they'll be able to bring to bear in their specific area of responsibility. i'd like to open it up to the audience now to see if
i think we're going to be seeing guidance coming from the secretary of the defense in the next couple of years that will elevate this in terms of our responsibilities and mission sets. so, we're in the process of laying the groundwork for that right now at camp pendleton. >> ann? >> just to build on what general spiese said, fleet week, this used to be or started as a one-week event, is now really -- goes year round. and, so, the relationships we're building, it's not just for this...
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defense. so, that strategic entrance to this harbor was the last land that our troops and sailors and marines and soldiers would see if they departed for the pacific theater in world war ii and korea and vietnam, and also the first thing they would see upon returning back to the bay area. so, between the presidio and the head lands, we now have wonderful park lands that have been converted. we call it converting from post to park. repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate national parks that i happen to be the superintendent of has now become after 40 years the second most visited national park in our country. we get 14 million people a year that come to our parks. it has spectacular coastline, includes muir wood, alcatr
defense. so, that strategic entrance to this harbor was the last land that our troops and sailors and marines and soldiers would see if they departed for the pacific theater in world war ii and korea and vietnam, and also the first thing they would see upon returning back to the bay area. so, between the presidio and the head lands, we now have wonderful park lands that have been converted. we call it converting from post to park. repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental...
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our nation has fought wars on american soil and around the world in defense of individual liberty. and we must not sacrifice this most fundamental right in pursuit of greater security. especially when we can achieve security without compromising liberty. the feinstein-lee amendment does precisely that. it protects liberty by ensuring that no american will be deprived of due process. the fifth amendment states that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. the sixth amendment likewise guarantees that individuals accused of a crime will have access to an attorney and access to a trial by a jury consisting of that person's peers. our amendment protects those rights and provides an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the united states apprehended in the united states. now, it's important to note that the supreme court has never specifically held that an authorization for the use of military force s
our nation has fought wars on american soil and around the world in defense of individual liberty. and we must not sacrifice this most fundamental right in pursuit of greater security. especially when we can achieve security without compromising liberty. the feinstein-lee amendment does precisely that. it protects liberty by ensuring that no american will be deprived of due process. the fifth amendment states that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of...
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it should be able to fork over dollars to pay for defense. they use defense. they are the ones that privatize defense and make the most money, cut the most deals with the state department. i believe that they need to bring our boys back. they need to get rid of privatization -- privatization in the military. make all the federal government employees, not 70% of the intelligence being run before obama was even a president, 70% was run by privatized -- privatization. host: we will leave it there and go to a tweet. bill shared his comments by writing @cspanwj in his tweet. here are some facebook comments coming in. our next caller is karen from newport news, virginia at the republican line. caller: good morning to you. the state's need to have an opinion because they are going to cripple in the areas that depend heavily on the government. those people a denture those areas that are populated generate a lot of money. they're not just going to cripple the military or the government. they're going to cripple the people working around the revenue depending on the inc
it should be able to fork over dollars to pay for defense. they use defense. they are the ones that privatize defense and make the most money, cut the most deals with the state department. i believe that they need to bring our boys back. they need to get rid of privatization -- privatization in the military. make all the federal government employees, not 70% of the intelligence being run before obama was even a president, 70% was run by privatized -- privatization. host: we will leave it there...
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defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventive defense project. please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. (applause) >> what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of america's millery power, the uss macon island. what a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the first responders of the san francisco bay area. fleet week for many years in san francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not un
defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventive defense project. please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. (applause)...
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it takes a whole mix of people whether it's the department of defense and even fema having roles to play in that. bob fenton, the assistant chief of fema, used to be the division chief in division 9. he is no stranger to this area, born and raised here, this is his home and so he does have a care and an interest in this community and beyond. and so with that it is hard to fill being his replacement at the regional level because not only to fill his shoes all the great work he did in this region, but also because
it takes a whole mix of people whether it's the department of defense and even fema having roles to play in that. bob fenton, the assistant chief of fema, used to be the division chief in division 9. he is no stranger to this area, born and raised here, this is his home and so he does have a care and an interest in this community and beyond. and so with that it is hard to fill being his replacement at the regional level because not only to fill his shoes all the great work he did in this...
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budget, even -- even the secretary of defense, the obama secretary of defense said it would be devastating. he used the word devastating. if that were not enough the obama administration continues to force the military to spend greater proportions of its already depleted funds on a gene energy agenda to include the purchase of biofuels for operational use in construction of commercial biofuel refineries. now, you know, i fully support development and use of alternative fuels including klug biofuels but not at the expense of the military. the focus should be on the readiness of the navy, not on propping up the biofuels industry. i have to remind everyone, we've a bureaucracy called the department of energy. they're the ones supposed to be doing all this experimentation we talk about. the navy according to the chief of a naval operations, admiral john greener will see a 15% increase in the number of ships and subs deployed with the number of ships in attack boats deployed at any time rising from 93 today to 107 by 2016. this increased deployment rate will impact sailors and marines as well a
budget, even -- even the secretary of defense, the obama secretary of defense said it would be devastating. he used the word devastating. if that were not enough the obama administration continues to force the military to spend greater proportions of its already depleted funds on a gene energy agenda to include the purchase of biofuels for operational use in construction of commercial biofuel refineries. now, you know, i fully support development and use of alternative fuels including klug...
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. >>> more service women suing the defense department saying the ban is unconstitutional. the aclu filed the suit today in court. abc 7 news vic lee is here with the story. vic? >> this is the lawsuit aclu filed today in san francisco. and it says many service women are engaging in combat but that the government turns a blind eye to that. >> taking fire for 20 minute autos major mary jenningsfç<ç hagar is a combat search and rescue pilot receiving a purple heart for injuries sustainedded when the chopper was hit. >> i received shap nel through face and arms and a burn on the back. >> the staff sargeant jennifer hunt has been an army reservist a decade. >> all four who filed suit have experience despite the defense department policies. >> they say in modern warfare, front line is everywhere. >> every time a woman, or any service member sits foot into iraq or afghanistan, they're >> because of the policy, women often not officially part of the units they're going on mission was. >> the policy one of the last policy that's preassume that's women arenx less capable. >> 280,
. >>> more service women suing the defense department saying the ban is unconstitutional. the aclu filed the suit today in court. abc 7 news vic lee is here with the story. vic? >> this is the lawsuit aclu filed today in san francisco. and it says many service women are engaging in combat but that the government turns a blind eye to that. >> taking fire for 20 minute autos major mary jenningsfç> i received shap nel through face and arms and a burn on the back. >>...
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mark with the carnage continues in gaza and israel claims its own marmont of the gazans using self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians. to move into the future to look the world pass you by as the best and brightest take minds gather in moscow some came to work while others came to play to get up close and personal with devices that recreate masterpieces and scan russian treasures from inside and from space to keep us safe from oil spills and forest fires unleash your inner gadget geek as i see me just search for the next big thing in the computer world and russia's own giants of numerous goodies hoping to take the fight straight to their creditors launch a day here on wall street we've got the future of coverage. lead . lives. we need to teach the community that the rights that we are struggling with that today is anything to copy what's not packed with it that's all what gave to have most in afghanistan the majority of women in marriage below the legal age of sixteen and if they don't have a right to a divorce they have the right to what's called a separation it's really ha
mark with the carnage continues in gaza and israel claims its own marmont of the gazans using self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians. to move into the future to look the world pass you by as the best and brightest take minds gather in moscow some came to work while others came to play to get up close and personal with devices that recreate masterpieces and scan russian treasures from inside and from space to keep us safe from oil spills and forest fires unleash your inner gadget...
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will be prepared to use military force in defense of those interests. i paraphrase. of course we didn't have in those 1970 years a robust military that would provide the opportunity to deploy force over those long distances. but nonetheless it was a step that the united states took toward assuming security responsibilities in the gulf. the next step that the u.s. took towards assume something of those same duties the british had previously done, came in the iran-iraq war. it began in 1980 and continued on through most of the 1980s. and during the reagan administration, drawing upon that same standard that president carter had put forward, projected military force into the gulf in the reflagging of kuwaiti tankers, putting u.s.a. flag on them and then using u.s. military combatants to escort the ships through the gulf, putting the u.s. military in harm's way. and then finally, in 1990, and 1991, the united states engaged in operation desert shield and desert storm after saddam's invasion of kuwait. so, after 1991, the united states never left, and it's been maintainin
will be prepared to use military force in defense of those interests. i paraphrase. of course we didn't have in those 1970 years a robust military that would provide the opportunity to deploy force over those long distances. but nonetheless it was a step that the united states took toward assuming security responsibilities in the gulf. the next step that the u.s. took towards assume something of those same duties the british had previously done, came in the iran-iraq war. it began in 1980 and...
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there on the mark with the carnage in using gaza israel claims its own army to the gazans using self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians. it won't come to the. good the old fashion but as the best and brightest take minds gather in moscow some came to work while others came to play and get up close and personal with devices that recreate masterpieces and scan russian treasures for insight and from space to keep us safe from oil spills and forest fires a leisure gadget geek as i see majors search for the next big thing in the computer world and russia's own giant numerous goodies clipping to take the fight straight to their as it is known to them day here on along we've got the future of coverage . download the official location. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. t.v. is now required to watch all its hear all you need is your mobile device you can watch r t any time. on many more hospitals where you can get education about sexual health family planning things that you couldn't do in the time of the taliban. in the time of the taliban you couldn't even
there on the mark with the carnage in using gaza israel claims its own army to the gazans using self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians. it won't come to the. good the old fashion but as the best and brightest take minds gather in moscow some came to work while others came to play and get up close and personal with devices that recreate masterpieces and scan russian treasures for insight and from space to keep us safe from oil spills and forest fires a leisure gadget geek as i...
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fine mark when the carnage continues in gaza and israel claims its own barmen of the gazans is in self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians.
fine mark when the carnage continues in gaza and israel claims its own barmen of the gazans is in self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians.
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her defense failed to convince her republican critics. nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill with more on this. tracie, good morning to you. >> lynn, good morning. rice admitted that when she said the ambassador and three others who were killed were the result of spontaneous attacks, the information was partially wrong. as she has done before, in a statement after her meeting, she blamed it on bad intelligence information, talking points where references to al queda had been taken out according to sources and attacked changes to demonstrations, despite the defense from the white house, despite her sitting down with republicans john mccain, kelly ayotte and senator lindsey graham, it looks like that meeting at least from her point of view was unsuccessful. here is what those republicans had to say after their meeting. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. concerning evidence that is overwhelming leading up to the attack on our consulate. >> clearly the impression that was given of
her defense failed to convince her republican critics. nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill with more on this. tracie, good morning to you. >> lynn, good morning. rice admitted that when she said the ambassador and three others who were killed were the result of spontaneous attacks, the information was partially wrong. as she has done before, in a statement after her meeting, she blamed it on bad intelligence information, talking points where references to al queda had been taken out...
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it is not only because of her time as secretary of defense is -- as undersecretary of defense for policy which is an important position, but also because she is a co-founder of the center for new american security, and you cannot walk for long as the pentagon and not organization. i would like to single out somebody else who came from there, miller, whose successor for michelle and in a position -- who is the successor for michelle and in a position of policy undersecretary, and he, too, is somebody i depend upon every day to try to deal with everything from a tremendous number of crises we confront to the long-term strategic challenges we also have to discuss, so i am particularly pleased with his leadership, which follows in the footsteps of michelle and his acumen and wisdom and all the qualities i appreciate. i spent a lot of time in washington, and you need a lot of people, but it is the people who have a conscience and work hard at their jobs who are the most respected people you can work with. as we enter a second term for president obama, jim and so many other alumni will continu
it is not only because of her time as secretary of defense is -- as undersecretary of defense for policy which is an important position, but also because she is a co-founder of the center for new american security, and you cannot walk for long as the pentagon and not organization. i would like to single out somebody else who came from there, miller, whose successor for michelle and in a position -- who is the successor for michelle and in a position of policy undersecretary, and he, too, is...
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which can be a statically stunning in their own right can serve a myriad of purposes many of the space defense are for government watchdogs but they can also be used by concerned citizens in groups to spot illegal deforestation or even track poachers over their most recognizable alternative applications is likely internet mapping services which they provide for russia's dominant online matchmaker yandex scanning says presence on the market has been driving the industry forward with their strategy having been dictated by financial constraints early on their no helping push a slimmer more effective approach to space imaging. basically dimona polis the market where access to data in the process data went to one big national center then it was either so little distributed freely or depending on whatever the government policy was and by the way in many countries it still works that way we have given users who want let's say particularly well off the opportunity to get this data on their personal computers is a fundamental change whether good or bad people are going to use it to their benefit depend
which can be a statically stunning in their own right can serve a myriad of purposes many of the space defense are for government watchdogs but they can also be used by concerned citizens in groups to spot illegal deforestation or even track poachers over their most recognizable alternative applications is likely internet mapping services which they provide for russia's dominant online matchmaker yandex scanning says presence on the market has been driving the industry forward with their...
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do with defense. we know that you spent days in prison for your refusal what was that experience like. well i went to i went to a military prison i stepped. in to say that the imprisonment of palestinians many of which is without trial through administrative gentian for months and often years with no trial is really that is really the real violation of activists rights and political rights of palestinians we have thousands of palestinian prisoners political prisoners in our jails right now so i think anything that i have been through in prison is really easy compared to the experiences and repression that palestinian activists like me. my counterpart palestinian activists have faced and for me the really the big the real punishment was the social pushback that i received from my decision and what was that social pushback. well it's not a very popular move and it's really very state of soldiers and militarism has really permeated all aspects of our civil life and we don't really have i think a civilian
do with defense. we know that you spent days in prison for your refusal what was that experience like. well i went to i went to a military prison i stepped. in to say that the imprisonment of palestinians many of which is without trial through administrative gentian for months and often years with no trial is really that is really the real violation of activists rights and political rights of palestinians we have thousands of palestinian prisoners political prisoners in our jails right now so i...
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defense secretary leon panetta is urging congress to strike a deal before the end of the year. that's to avoid a fiscal cliff which may result in a significant reduction in defense spending. the fiscal cliff is a term used to illustrate drastic fiscal tightening if congress fails to reach an agreement by year's end. such a situation is feared to trigger a plunge in the economy. panetta warned that defense spending will be subject to drastic cuts if lawmakers failed to reach a consensus. >> the worst thing that could happen from my perspective is that they just kick the can down the road. all that would wind up doing is continuing to present a shadow over the defense department and for that matter, the rest of government. >> the defense department is already planning to reduce its budget by about $500 billion over the coming ten years. panetta has voiced concern that further cuts could undermine barack obama's new defense strategy that lays more emphasis on the asia pacific region. >>> japanese officials are scratching their heads about how to deal with sluggish trade. sales to
defense secretary leon panetta is urging congress to strike a deal before the end of the year. that's to avoid a fiscal cliff which may result in a significant reduction in defense spending. the fiscal cliff is a term used to illustrate drastic fiscal tightening if congress fails to reach an agreement by year's end. such a situation is feared to trigger a plunge in the economy. panetta warned that defense spending will be subject to drastic cuts if lawmakers failed to reach a consensus....
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in st petersburg this summer but also these activists believe that she in fact poses a threat to the defense capabilities of russia they say that people who believe what madonna has told them during the concert will be involving themselves in all different sorts of good and thus they will not be willing to serve in the army and protect their country these activists were determined to go to the end with a case they were determined to receive ten million dollars of compensation for moral damages but now the case has been turned down by the judge of the st petersburg court and now in fact these activists will have to pay a certain sum of money for the services of the defending lawyers of the company which was organizing the tour of the american pop star now certainly madonna has been no stranger to different sorts of controversies all throughout her career for instance she exposed nipple during her concert in instils also she supported the. controversial punk band pussy riot during her concert in moscow and the biggest intrigue in the biggest question was whether she would turn up for the heari
in st petersburg this summer but also these activists believe that she in fact poses a threat to the defense capabilities of russia they say that people who believe what madonna has told them during the concert will be involving themselves in all different sorts of good and thus they will not be willing to serve in the army and protect their country these activists were determined to go to the end with a case they were determined to receive ten million dollars of compensation for moral damages...
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thomas jocelyn is a senior fellow at defense. you're saying we are focused so much on benghazi in this country but missing the bigger picture. describe what that picture is. >> the original store row was the attack in benghazi started with upon stain just violence by the antiterrorist film. now they say it was the result of a protest earlier that day in cairo. if you start to investigate that protest in cairo you see al-qaida's fingerprints in that also. there was an assault on the u.s. embassy in yemen, and tun t u.ntunis. you can find specific individuals with known ties to al-qaida that were involved with all four. megyn: for any particular reason other than they generally hate us? >> this goes to the larger point of what al-qaida is trying to accomplish. on september 10th before this all began al-qaida released a video in which they were talking about al-qaida's ideology was alive and how they needed to get revenge for a top leader who was killed. there was a terrorist attack in benghazi on september 11th. their ideology has
thomas jocelyn is a senior fellow at defense. you're saying we are focused so much on benghazi in this country but missing the bigger picture. describe what that picture is. >> the original store row was the attack in benghazi started with upon stain just violence by the antiterrorist film. now they say it was the result of a protest earlier that day in cairo. if you start to investigate that protest in cairo you see al-qaida's fingerprints in that also. there was an assault on the u.s....
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he is a guy who cut the defense budget by 20% in the late 19th at ease in this defense cuts come at this budget cut in the late 1950s were the number one reason we telecom valley. a lot of radio engineers moved out there. there's a beautiful part of the country that maybe didn't have jobs and those people were saying well, we want to say here. they created eventually intel and all the rest of them, right? so we were in a very tenuous moment. with a financial crisis that led to that crisis in auto industry. adding on top of that psychologically the failure of the big three automakers, tough call. by the way, i don't know why anyone in this presidential election mentions that this is a bush program. i have a chapter about left, right forward. we need to at least get history rate. continue to the other, that's not what it is about either. but what would've happened if we would've let it go? would've been all this manufacturing access, contracts out the door. skill itself by factory at 10 activist resources? what would happen if we had the courage to do that? again, i think he would've been
he is a guy who cut the defense budget by 20% in the late 19th at ease in this defense cuts come at this budget cut in the late 1950s were the number one reason we telecom valley. a lot of radio engineers moved out there. there's a beautiful part of the country that maybe didn't have jobs and those people were saying well, we want to say here. they created eventually intel and all the rest of them, right? so we were in a very tenuous moment. with a financial crisis that led to that crisis in...
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successes in the three and a half years of the camp, by the end it its only purpose really was its own self-defense. one lieutenant colonel who was trying valiantly to close it down described it as a self-licking ice cream cone. its only purpose was to exist unto itself. >> stephen: so it was there to defend itself that it was there. >> yeah, and ultimately after the attack and eight u.s. troops were killed in this attack they faced, it was 53 u.s. troops in that camp face being 400 taliban surrounding them. they fought valiantly, the americans and it was a bloody day but ultimately they beat them back. ultimately the army investigated and said there was no strategic purpose for this camp. >> stephen: now why was it at the bottom of the valley? >> because well, there are a lot of reasons. but two of the biggest ones are ones so they could bond with the local pop las because the district center was down the road and two because they needed to resupplyment and at 2 o 006, during 2006 most of the helicopters were in iraq. and so in order to set up a camp there it needed to be by a road so they could r
successes in the three and a half years of the camp, by the end it its only purpose really was its own self-defense. one lieutenant colonel who was trying valiantly to close it down described it as a self-licking ice cream cone. its only purpose was to exist unto itself. >> stephen: so it was there to defend itself that it was there. >> yeah, and ultimately after the attack and eight u.s. troops were killed in this attack they faced, it was 53 u.s. troops in that camp face being 400...
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and italy sergio colvin eighteen other defense officials those cottages were rented by another defense official himself arrested in connection with the defense contractor yanker and the possibility that it was involved with corruption involving the defense ministry this all comes after you have guinea a vastly over a high figure within the defense ministry and a close associate of suited cards she herself has been charged with embezzlement she was involved with a defense contractor all the wrong service and a few weeks ago the scandal broke that there possibly was alleged to have been a scheme to sell off eleven million dollars worth of defense property cheaply if she's convicted gania could face up to ten years in prison and unfortunately it goes beyond that as well possibly into russia's. satellite navigation system as well the company involved with building that russian space systems is alleged to have been burgled two hundred million dollars that's five point six percent of the total funding for that program all of this comes as a major blow to russia's defense ministry which was s
and italy sergio colvin eighteen other defense officials those cottages were rented by another defense official himself arrested in connection with the defense contractor yanker and the possibility that it was involved with corruption involving the defense ministry this all comes after you have guinea a vastly over a high figure within the defense ministry and a close associate of suited cards she herself has been charged with embezzlement she was involved with a defense contractor all the...
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kind of even legitimate self-defense from behind the backs of women children it's not acceptable but speaking about hamas i think that. we can see positive changes and the limitations. take care of the. statements yes they celebrate the victory as much as in some songs and c.d.'s of israel they celebrate the. end of fighting and. any week that your claim for three as many fathers as we used to for you to russia as we used to say russian but i think that. chances. are a scene to try to reconstruct the relationship result in the principles of both sides and this chance to be see you quarter will win situation and indeed the latest before ending. the islamists unprecedented political recognition with foreign ministers from turkey and several arab states visiting which which is a sharp contrast to hamas' past or a solution south do you think it's an important sign. is it is it is it a warning to israel that. it was you know quite a crowd. in the region i can add the couple of visitors here she didn't mention like with the rally the venture one foreign minister or. a delegation from the a
kind of even legitimate self-defense from behind the backs of women children it's not acceptable but speaking about hamas i think that. we can see positive changes and the limitations. take care of the. statements yes they celebrate the victory as much as in some songs and c.d.'s of israel they celebrate the. end of fighting and. any week that your claim for three as many fathers as we used to for you to russia as we used to say russian but i think that. chances. are a scene to try to...
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then everyone winds of cutting the defense budget. this is a period where even as we come out of the 10 years of war, we are confronting major issues, major threats in the world. we still are involved in a war on terrorism. we are still at war in afghanistan and as we try to draw down in that war. we are in the process of trying to implement the department's defense strategy at the same time we are trying to meet fiscal responsibilities. we are in a period where the budget situation in this country, a huge deficit we are facing, the debt confronting this country are limited resources and will continue to limit the resources. i did not believe we worked on budgets and the defense department. i do not believe we have to choose between national security and fiscal security. we are at the pentagon is implementing a strategy that we put together in order to deal with the fiscal challenge we are presented. congress handed us $487 billion to reduce the deficit -- the defense budgets over 10 years. my approach was to say, wait a minute. we ar
then everyone winds of cutting the defense budget. this is a period where even as we come out of the 10 years of war, we are confronting major issues, major threats in the world. we still are involved in a war on terrorism. we are still at war in afghanistan and as we try to draw down in that war. we are in the process of trying to implement the department's defense strategy at the same time we are trying to meet fiscal responsibilities. we are in a period where the budget situation in this...
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five hundred much needed jobs for the community the reality a hof deserted site where the ministry of defense employs about thirty people to help test the watch keeper there is a sense of frustration in the area a number of people who were for it in the beginning now opposed to it because they didn't realise that. it was going to be there is behind the development of drones say it means less soldiers come home from war zones in body bags but civilian casualties a piling up we know from pakistan that somewhere around two to three thousand people have been killed in trying strikes because of these unmanned systems it's easy to go to war and therefore there will be much more warfare and the world isn't safe for the british government has already spent two billion pounds on development but they're about to commit another two billion on a new armed drone called. it is spent it could be spent on hospitals and schools rather than on killing machines despite drastic government cuts on welfare spending financing for the drones isn't up for debate to the dismay of locals the daily testing along with th
five hundred much needed jobs for the community the reality a hof deserted site where the ministry of defense employs about thirty people to help test the watch keeper there is a sense of frustration in the area a number of people who were for it in the beginning now opposed to it because they didn't realise that. it was going to be there is behind the development of drones say it means less soldiers come home from war zones in body bags but civilian casualties a piling up we know from pakistan...
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military is to pool their resources and act with greater unity i think justifications was a shrinking defense budget that's left many states cutting their forces and david campbell bannerman from the u.k. conservative party has brussels has encroached on the sovereignty of member states . it really does trespass international responsibilities for the feds and it's talking about the e.u. looking after it. so it's a direct assault on sovereignty as i said this really is about politics rather than the military this is about actually furthering the cause of it one the united states and europe because they want to single a single defense industry they want control from the part of their foreign policy and they're actually involved in they want to get in for the high intensity conflicts in their terminology and that means war in my terminology they want to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and. navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. a trillion euros question is in the spotlight as europe's leaders sit down to hammer out budgets for the next seven. program.
military is to pool their resources and act with greater unity i think justifications was a shrinking defense budget that's left many states cutting their forces and david campbell bannerman from the u.k. conservative party has brussels has encroached on the sovereignty of member states . it really does trespass international responsibilities for the feds and it's talking about the e.u. looking after it. so it's a direct assault on sovereignty as i said this really is about politics rather than...